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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-4891
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2...
Vulnerability Description
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a local user er to brute force Rest API account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 190974.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
Spectrum Scale
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0.0, 5.0.5.5, 5.1.0, 5.1.0.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 16th, 2021
Last Modified:
September 17th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:L/I:N/C:H/A:N/S:U/PR:N/AC:L/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.